A review by kouya
Hyakunin-isshu by Fujiwara no Teika

2.0

I bought this book because I hoped to understand the poems within, but sadly the promised "extensive notes" proved to be a serious overstatement. The Literal Notes section by each poem can be looked up by anyone who knows how to use a dictionary, while the actual explanations concerning the poems are sparse and often repetitive or obvious. Some of the translations are beautiful, but all in all, I'm disappointed.